Associations to the word «Skimmer»

Wiktionary

SKIMMER, noun. A device that skims.
SKIMMER, noun. A device used to read and record the magnetic code from a credit card for later fraudulent use.
SKIMMER, noun. A person who skims.
SKIMMER, noun. Any of three species of bird in the genus Rynchops of the family Laridae, that feed by skimming the surface of water bodies with their bills in flight.
SKIMMER, noun. Any of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, such as the sea clams and large scallops.
SKIMMER, noun. A ballet flat shoe.

Dictionary definition

SKIMMER, noun. A rapid superficial reader.
SKIMMER, noun. A cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids.
SKIMMER, noun. A stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown.
SKIMMER, noun. Gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food.

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne